French striker, Kylian Mbappe has come out to say that the national team made him feel like a problem after Euro 2020. He recently revealed that he would’ve loved more support from his teammates after his missed penalty vs Switzerland.
According to him, he has never taken money to play for the French team and he always plays for free, so he never wants to be a problem for his country.
Mbappe added that if the French national team is happier without him, he’ll leave immediately.
His words, “I have never taken a single euro to play for the French national team and I will always play for my national team for free. Above all, I never wanted to be problem.”
“But from the moment where I felt like that I was starting to become a problem and that people felt I was a problem… I received the message, that my ego was what made us lose, that I wanted to take up too much space, and that without me, therefore, we might have won.”
“The most important thing is the French national team and if the French national team is happier without me, [I’ll go].”
“I met with the president (Noel Le Graet) and we talked about it. What I went to complain to him about was that I was insulted and called a ‘monkey’ for missing a penalty. That is not the same thing. I will never complain about a penalty. The penalty, I was the one who missed it.”
“I could have [gotten more on-field support], I agree,”
“But I would have never gone to demand it, it is not the same thing. Of course that would have been nice, but I would never go ask for support on something that I messed up.”
“You can’t look at things in too cynical a manner: in the heat of the moment, everyone is disappointed about being eliminated. In the dressing room, later on, the players came to see me.”
“What shocked me, again, was being called a monkey for the penalty. That is what I wanted support around, not because I took my penalty to the left and Sommer stopped it.”
“It is over now, it is behind me, I have so much love for the French national team.”
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